What has Happened: Yesterday, two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter were killed, and three U.S. soldiers were wounded, in an attack near Palmyra, Syria. U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, said in a statement that the attack was conducted by a “lone ISIS gunman.” These were the first American casualties in the country since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad last year. The attack occurred while the U.S. soldiers were guarding a location with Syrian troops during a meeting involving officials from the country’s ministry of interior. Islamic State militants have staged ... Academy SITREP – Three Americans Killed in Attack in Syria